First Brew Experiance

[Lametrout]

Well i did mt first home brew on Sunday. I made a list of what i needed to in a notebook and was all set. I boiled my extra water in the morning and was gonna do the boil around 1. Then it happened, I was cleansing all my stuff in my fermentation bucket and bam snap... I was so concentrated on sanitizing everything i forgot i put my hydrometer in there, omg why was i so dumb. So after a lot of expletives and empty every thing out and running water through it. Cleaning and re-cleaning, im like damn i need hydrometer.

So im off to my local brew store hoping they are open, it was getting near 3, and had no idea if they were even open. So i get there and get a hydrometer and the siphon and on my way back.

I re-sanitized everything and start my boil. Glass top stoves are very slow at boiling so i had some time. Did the specialty grains then the extract and hops. Me being ocd i rewash all my stuff again and have my fiance check for glass as well.

Finished the boil and the cool down and got my og within the range and it started fermenting today

you guys thing its safe continue with this brew the hydrometer didnt shatter but kinda broke in half and a few other piece and i think i got most if not all of it.

So that was my day ... learned alot

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

it shattered in the bucket while you were cleaning the bucket? i'm guessing if you rinsed out the bucket after the breakage, then the glass would've gotten rinsed out. unless some stuck into the plastic, which isn't too likely, i'd say go for it.


*disclaimer* if i'm wrong, and there's glass in your beer, i'm sorry.

 

[jmprdood]

I think your OCD and fiance would have found any remaining glass - relax and press on.
Cheers!

 

[Stauffbier]

If it broke in your wort then toss that batch, if it broke in an empty fermentor before wort was added and you cleaned it REALLY REALLY well then no problem...

 

[Lametrout]

thanks for the reply guys.... i was thinking maybe rubber banding a fine filter on my siphon when i do bottle it just as a last precaution... the longer time goes by the more confident i feel about it cuz i did clean everything 2 more after it happened

 

[djfriesen]

You'll be fine.

 

[mightynintendo]

yeah this is def. one of those RDWHAHB situations.

 

[tim2akat2]

Why did you santize the hydrometer? You get a sample test it and throw the sample away. Just relax if you went that far to santize you do have a little OCD so I wouldn't worry about the glass

 

[mux]

Why did you santize the hydrometer? You get a sample test it and throw the sample away. Just relax if you went that far to santize you do have a little OCD so I wouldn't worry about the glass

Throw it away? Drink it!

 

[Lametrout]

Why did you santize the hydrometer? You get a sample test it and throw the sample away. Just relax if you went that far to santize you do have a little OCD so I wouldn't worry about the glass

i just wanted everything to go right on my first try and all i read was sanitize sanitize sanitize so i do ... guess i got overzelous

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

i just wanted everything to go right on my first try and all i read was sanitize sanitize sanitize so i do ... guess i got overzelous

i was like that when i first started out, cleaned, recleaned, sanitized, resanitized everything, hydrometer included. being a stickler for sanitation has helped me maintain a good sanitation regimen, and while i don't sanitize my hydrometer anymore, i feel paying attention to detail is important when it comes to your entire brewing process, especially cleaning and sanitation.
as for your worries about the glass in the beer, you undoubtedly got it out before you put beer in there. but if you want to be extra cautious, your idea of a nylon bag on the end of the siphon should do the trick.

 

[Lametrout]

hmm where/what kind of nylon bag like from a paint store?

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

hmm where/what kind of nylon bag like from a paint store?

yep. i get 'em from Home Cheapo. like 3 or 4 bucks a pack, they work well. any paint strainer bag will do just fine.

 

[Lametrout]

thanks man youve been a great help

 

[benzy4010]

You cleaned and checked keep going

 

[MaynardX]

i just wanted everything to go right on my first try :

For all of you first time brewers out there....this hardly ever happends.
Don't worry, 9 times out of 10, it will be drinkable and you will love it!

 

[benzy4010]

Yea I just bottled my first brew and am hoping I don't get bottle bombs now!

 

[Rbeckett]

i just wanted everything to go right on my first try and all i read was sanitize sanitize sanitize so i do ... guess i got overzelous

Lame,
I have the same OCD issue as you. I had to clean and sanitize everything several times too. I resanitized everything every time I touched it so I can feel your pain. You will be OK on the glass. Kick back and relax while the yeasties do there thing and try to leave it alone as much as you can. I managed to not even look at mine now for two weeks. I got it started, verified the beasties were awake and busy and put it in the converted mini fridge in the dark cool shop. Gonna bottle it today probably.
Bob

 

[corn]

I have my first batch in bottles about two weeks now. Feeling a bit like a kid waiting on Christmas morning. My OCD flared up during my first batch as well: I kept a log of fermentation temps and the rate of bubbling in airlock throughout primary fermentation.